Music Research Institute

PROJECTS

"Nietzsche's perception of music as so significant that it can make life worth living seems utterly remote from the mundane preoccupations of Western polititians and educators. Of course it is right that they should be concerned with raising standards of literacy, with increasing expertise in both sciences and crafts, with equipping men and women with the skills necessary to earn a living in a world increasingly dominated by technology. But a higher standard of living does not make life itself worth living. The arts can do so; and amongst the arts, music is profoundly significant ..."